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Jan 27, 2005
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." --Abraham Lincoln
Dipsea Demon
The Dipsea Race is a 7.1 mile race from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach that weaves through giant redwoods, wires up a 50-story stairway, and crosses over two mountains. The United States’ second-oldest footrace is grueling, requiring tremendous tenacity for anyone to tackle once, let alone 68 consecutive times. Meet Jack “Dipsea Demon” Kirk, the 96-year-old legend that is showing the world that “You don’t stop running because you get old. You get old if you stop running!”